ARCHIVES DOROTHY DEHNER PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOLTON LANDING AND DAVID SMITH Collection 2017-001 Storm King Art Center New Windsor, NY Storm King Art Center Archives Access Policy Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. The collection is open for research use. The Archives will make research materials in its possession available to legitimate researchers with legitimate justification, but with the following stipulations: 1. Inventories, relevant files and the assistance of a staff member or trained volunteer shall be available to users. 2. A registration form listing rules for usage will be read, filled out and signed by all researchers. 3. Items must be handled on-site; no archival materials may be removed from the premises without the special permission of the Director. 4. The Archives may limit the use of fragile or unusually valuable materials. 5. 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Collection 2017-001 Storm King Art Center New Windsor, NY Dorothy Dehner, Photographs of Bolton Landing and David Smith Dates of record-keeping activity: 1924-1945 Extent: 3 boxes including negative transparencies, mounted and unmounted 5x7 prints, with copy of D.Dehner’s handwritten notes Creator(s): • Dehner, Dorothy, 1901-1994 • Smith, David, 1906-1965 Abstract: Collection of photographs received from artist Dorothy Dehner documenting her early years with sculptor David Smith and the development of their Bolton Landing property. Administrative/Biographical History: After meeting in New York City and studying together at the Art Students League, Dorothy Dehner and David Smith married in 1927 and bought an 86-acre farm in Bolton Landing in 1929. Settling there full- time in 1940, they built a cinder-block studio and then house on the property. Dehner left the marriage and Bolton Landing in 1950 and continued her artistic career. They divorced in 1952. Smith lived and worked at Bolton Landing until his death in 1965. Scope and Content: The photographs span the mid-1920s through the mid-1940s and include negative transparencies, mounted photographs and prints. Most photographs taken by Dehner, some taken by Smith and others. Illustrating the early years Dehner and Smith shared in New York City and their country life in Bolton Landing, the bulk of these photographs document original structures and construction on the property as well as Smith’s art-filled studio space. Titles of the photographs are taken from Dehner’s handwritten notes on the collection. Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for research use. Conditions Governing Reproduction: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Storm King Art Center Archives and the copyright holder. Languages and Scripts of the Material: English Immediate Source of Acquisition: Dorothy Dehner, artist Related Archival Materials: Dorothy Dehner, “Life on the Farm” Paintings (Collection 2017-002, Storm King Art Center) Photographs: 1. David Smith’s studio, Bolton Landing, old house Sculpture “Personage from Stone City” made from this painting Taken by: D.D. Date: c. 1944 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 2. David Smith’s studio, Bolton Landing, in old wood shed Sculpture “Reclining Figure” Tools and forge from blacksmith’s shop, Ticonderoga Taken by: D.D. Date: c. 1930s Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 3. David Smith’s new cinder block studio, Bolton Landing Power tools, electric welder, etc. Taken by: D.D. Date: c. 1945 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 4. Smith’s studio, Bolton Landing Sculpture “Insect”, also “Eagles Lair” Taken by: D.S. Date: c. 1945 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 5. Smith in studio, B.L., new machinery Sculpture “Insect” Taken by: D.D. Date: c. 1945 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 6. Smith’s studio, B.L. Painting under table – sculpture? Taken by: D.S. Date: c. 1945 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative (2), 5x7 b/w print mounted (2), 5x7 b/w print (2) 7. Sculpture? Taken by: D.S. Date: c. 1945 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 8. Terminal Iron Works, Brooklyn at foot of Atlantic Ave. Buckhorn and Blackburn, proprietors, with friends. Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 9. Old house purchased 1929, August Taken by: D.S. Date: 1929? Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print (2) 10. Old house after painting and repairs Taken by: D.S. Date: 1931 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 11. Old house, out buildings, pear tree D.D. and aunt Taken by: D.S. Date: c.1937 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 12. D.D. and cat “Bohack” at farm Taken by: D.S. Date: 1931 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print (2) 13. D.D. at Staten Island Ferry Taken by: D.S. Date: c.1929 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 14. D.D. outside of old house Taken by: D.S. Date: c.1929 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print (2) 15. D.D. shortly before marriage to D.S. Taken by: Alvin Date: 1927 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 16. D.D. and D.S. in Schenectady during war, with paintings from the series “My Life on the Farm”. Taken by: Albany newspaper Date: 1942 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 17. D.D. in front of Smith’s studio, B.L. (Bolton Landing) – note electric wires (finally) Taken by: ? Date: 1943 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 18. D. Smith in front of studio, Bolton Landing Taken by: D.D. Date: 1940’s Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 19. Left to right: Mme. Dubrowski [(1st wife of John Graham (painter)] in courtyard of her house in Moscow, 1936. Friends of family, Kyril Dubrowski, son of Vohu Graham, David Smith receiving flowers, Maria Dubrowski, daughter of Vohu Graham and friend. John Graham’s name was Ivan Dubrowski. He changed it after his marriage to Elinor Gibson. Taken by: D.D. Date: 1936 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 20. Left to right: Florence Uphof (Dorothy’s aunt), Lucille Corcos Levy, Dorothy Dehner and David Smith on day of departure for year in Europe. Taken by: Edgar Levy Date: 1935 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 21. David Smith with Bennington students at lecture TaPhoto courtesy of Stanley Marcus Date: c.1960 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 22. David Smith taken at Photo-mat in theatre area – N.Y.C. Date: c.1933 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 23. David Smith photographing “Oculus” on dock at Bolton Landing. Taken by: D.D. Date: c.1945 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted 24. David Smith in studio. Sculpture, “Insect”. Taken by: D.D. Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 25. David Smith, graduation picture, Paulding High School, Paulding, Ohio Date: 1924 Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 26. David Smith, lecture at Bennington College Taken by: Photo courtesy of Stanley Marcus Date: ?, c.1960’s Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 27. Candida and Rebecca Smith sitting on sculpture “Primo Piano”, Bolton Landing. Photo sent to D.D. by David Smith with data on back. Were on visit to D.S. after divorce of second wife. Taken by: D.S. Formats: 4x5 b/w negative, 5x7 b/w print mounted, 5x7 b/w print 28.